Love Island Australia season 1

The first season of Love Island Australia began airing on 27 May 2018 9Go! and 9Now presented by Sophie Monk and narrated by Eoghan McDermott. The final aired on 5 July 2018, with Grant Crapp and Tayla Damir winning and sharing the $50,000 prize money. Eden Dally and Erin Barnett finished as runners up.

Format
Love Island involves a group of contestants, referred to as Islanders, living in isolation from the outside world in a villa in Mallorca, Spain, constantly under video surveillance. To survive in the villa the Islanders must be coupled up with another Islander, whether it be for love, friendship or money, as the overall winning couple receives a combined $50,000. On the first day, the Islanders couple up for the first time based on first impressions, but over the duration of the series they are forced to "re-couple" where they can choose to remain in their current couple or swap partners.

Any Islander who remains single after the coupling is eliminated and dumped from the island. Islanders can also be eliminated via public vote, as during the series the public vote through the Love Island app available on smartphones for their favourite couple or prospective couple. Pairs who receive the fewest votes risk being eliminated. Often a twist has occurred where it has been up to the Islanders to vote one of their own off the island. During the final week, the public vote towards which couple they want to win the series and therefore take home $50,000.

Islanders
The Islanders for the first series were released by Nine on 21 May 2018, just one week before the premiere episode.

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Season 5 - Justin Lacko - 6th Place

Season 6 - Erin Barnett - 11th Place

Kory appeared on Season Two of True Love Or True Lies? on MTV

Teddy competed on The Amazing Race Australia 7 in 2023.

Coupling and elimination history

 * Notes
 * : Kim arrived after the first coupling, but was told she would be able to steal a boy for herself on Day 2. She chose Josh, leaving Tayla. All other couples from Day 1's coupling remained set.
 * : Australia voted for the girl they hope finds true love in the villa. As a new islander, Françoise was immune from the vote. Kim received the fewest votes and was dumped from the island, leaving John James single.
 * : As a new arrival, Françoise was able steal a boy for herself on Day 10. She chose Elias. This left Cassidy single. All other couples from Day 7's recoupling remained set.
 * : Dom arrived after the re-coupling ceremony, but was told he would be able to steal a girl for himself on Day 17. He chose Cassidy, leaving Josh single. All other couples from Day 15's recoupling remained set.
 * : Australia voted for the boy they believe would leave the villa with a girlfriend . As a new islander, Dom was immune from the vote. Elies received the fewest votes and was dumped from the island, leaving Françoise single. Then Jaxon & Justin were revealed to have the next fewest votes and were vulnerable to be dumped. The power as who between Justin & Jaxon would be dump was held by Eden & Erin - as Eden received the most votes, and Erin was his couple. Erin & Eden chose to dump Justin, leaving Millie single.
 * : Amelia and Shelby arrived after the re-coupling on Day 22 and were told they would be able to steal a boy each. Amelia chose Josh and Shelby chose Jaxon. A full re-coupling followed, with Cassidy and Mac left single. Australia voted to save one of the two girls, with Cassidy being dumped after receiving the fewest votes.
 * : On Day 30, the Girls were tasked to collectively decide to dump one boy from the island. They dumped Jaxon, leaving Shelby single.
 * : Kory and Mark arrived on Day 31, with both being told they can steal one girl each. Kory chose Millie and Mark chose Mac. This left Teddy and Dom single. All other couples from Day 26's recoupling remained set.
 * : The Day 35 recoupling ceremony was the final recoupling. From this point forward, the couples are set and one of the final 6 couples will be dumped every night until finale night.
 * : Australia voted for their favorite couples. Teddy & Mac and Mark & Millie received the fewest votes and were up for the dump. The saved islanders had to publicly vote to dump one of the vulnerable couples, with each saved couple casting one vote. As the vote resulted in 2–2 tie, with the saved couples were then forced to reach a consensus decision. As a consensus could not be reached, vulnerable couples then had to choose between themselves as to who would be dumped. Teddy & Mac elected to be dumped to save Mark & Millie.
 * : Australia voted for their least favorite couples. Mark & Millie and Josh & Amelia received the fewest votes and were up for the dump. The saved islanders had to reach a consensus decision to dump either Mark & Millie or Josh & Amelia. The saved couples chose to dump Mark & Millie.
 * : Australia voted for the couple they wanted in the Finale of Love Island Australia. Dom & Shelby had the fewest votes and were the final couple dumped from Love Island.
 * : Australia voted for which of the final three couples they want to win Love Island Australia. Grant & Tayla received the most votes, were declared the winners of Love Island Australia and forget in the final dilemma - Both received an envelope; one contained $50,000 and the other had nothing. Tayla received the $50,000 and had to decide whether to share the money with Grant or to keep the money for herself. She chose to share the money, so both Grant and Tayla received $25,000.

Weekly summary
The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.

Reception
Love Island Australia averaged around 200,000 viewers for its linear broadcasts in overnight OzTAM ratings, increasing to an average of 511,000 when adding viewers from Nine's streaming service, 9Now. The series performed strongest in the youngest key demographic band (16 to 39 year olds), but ranked low amongst total viewers. The series generated in excess of 150 million views through its official YouTube channel, however 85% were viewers from outside Australia, and YouTube viewers cannot be monetised.